Politics
Esperanza Aguirre: Trabajar. Hacer. Crecer. Aparcar.
Esperanza Aguirre is a candidate for mayor of Madrid. She had a little run-in w…
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Spain
No Communion, No Money, No Catholic; Innit in Spanish; Anti-Drunk-Walking
My latest Spain related things on Newsvine : I'm simply Christian now: Divo…
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train
Trains in Spain: Precision Tardiness
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings I teach English in a little town not f…
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videos
Jesus x 2; Catalonia, Scotland, Spain, UK; Queen Letizia Goes to School in New York; Madrid's Cruel Bus Shelters; Paragliding in Arcones
Excerpts from and links to my latest Newsvine articles and posts relating to Sp…
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Translation
F in Exams / Insuficiente en los Ex�menes
Establish a relationship between Socrates and philosophy. Funny examples of tes…
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Translation
Only in Spain?
A Spanish friend recently emailed me a series of photos by a photographer who g…
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Traditions
I'll bet that in this year's Christmas Speech the King will...
Like many people in Spain tonight, I will be watching television at 9pm to see …
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Nudity
Bicycling News: Yesterday Hundreds; Today Thousands
YESTERDAY - Nude Cycling Demonstrations: . Hundreds of �ciclonudistas� (nude cy…
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Spanish
Spanglish in Spain = Inga�ol en Espa�a
The words Spanglish and Inga�ol do not appear in the dictionary of the Real Aca…
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Trivia
Fluff from Forbes, et al
In what some may view as a rather superficial survey, Anholt City Brands Index…
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Reina Sofia
Now, where did we put that sculpture? You know, the 34 ton one. Oh, nevermind, let's just get a new one!
Sometime in October of this year, Richard Serra's " Equal Parallel / G…
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Travel Places
A Holy Week Confession / Una Confesi�n de Semana Santa
What's the confession? Simply that I find Spain's Semana Santa observa…
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Summer
Spanish Time
The arrival of the new AVE in Barcelona 5 minutes early (or eight minutes, depe…
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Zapatero
Crude Cartoon Controversy or Freedom of Speech Challenge?
Defenders of freedom of the press are up in arms about the forced withdrawal of…
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Travel Places
Spain's Sunday News: Dal�, Photos, DNA, Music and Money, Money, Money, Money
Dal� Photos - El Pais announced today that Salvador Dal�s former photograph…
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Zapatero
Spain�s Sunday News Highlights: Who are more undesirable - French tourists, cats, dogs or politicians? Read and decide!
Fresh from reading El Pais and El Periodico at the beach, here are some of the …
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Zapatero
And in Wednesday�s News�You Tube; El Fary; Fighting Over Bullfighting; Does BCN Need Another Swimming Pool?; Wedding Wrongs
YouTube Speaks Your Language Hola, Bonjour, Ciao, ?????, Hallo, Czesc, Hol� and…
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Politics
In Today�s News: Elvis Makes a Mark on Spanish Politics
My favorite article in today�s El Pais was about the newly elected city council…
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